My Rainbow TBR

Pride month may be over, but that doesn’t mean issues related are of any less importance. It hurts that even now, in the 21st century, somebody’s sexuality or identification is a problem for many.

Topics surrounding LGBT+ has taken a pivotal place in the current political debate in Poland in light of presidential elections, making it so personal for me. It hurts that the country I was born and raised in is so not accepting right now.

Here is my TBR featuring LGBT+ characters as I try to avoid media for a few days.

(All blurbs have been taken from Goodreads and edited down)

 My Rainbow TBR

How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi

Genre: YA Contemporary
Links: Book Depository & Amazon

“Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew that coming out to his Muslim family would be messy, but he wasn’t expecting it to end in an airport interrogation room. Now, he’s telling his side of the story to the stern-faced officer. Amir has to explain why he ran away to Rome (boys, bullies, blackmail) and what he was doing there for a month (dates in the Sistine Chapel, friends who helped him accept who he is, and, of course, drama) . . . all while his mum, dad and little sister are being interrogated in the room next door.”

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Genre: Contemporary Romance
Links: Book Depository & Amazon

“Luc O’Donnell is tangentially – and reluctantly – famous. His rock star parents split when he was young, and the father he’s never met spent the next twenty years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad’s making a comeback, Luc’s back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything. To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice, normal relationship…and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. Unfortunately, apart from being gay, single, and really, really in need of a date for a big event, Luc and Oliver have nothing in common. So they strike a deal to be publicity-friendly (fake) boyfriends until the dust has settled. But the thing about fake-dating is that it can feel a lot like real-dating.”

Burn by Patrick Ness

Genre: YA Fantasy
Links: Book Depository & Amazon

“In 1956 Sarah Dewhurst’s father shocks her by hiring a dragon to work the farm. The dragon is a smaller blue rather than the traditional larger reds. When the blue dragon, Kazimir, unexpectedly saves Sarah and her friend Jason Inagawa from the attentions of the racist police deputy, Kelby, everything changes. Sarah is part of a prophecy and she must escape the clutches of Malcolm, an assassin from a Believer Cell, the dragon-worshiping cult. When Sarah, Malcolm, and Kazimir eventually converge, they are thrown into another universe, where dragons seem never to have existed. Can they save this world and the one they left?”

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Genre: Fantasy
Links: Book Depository & Amazon

“Victor and Eli started out as college roommates. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong. Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find. The archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?”

Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles

Genre: Historical Fiction
Links: Book Depository & Amazon

“Will Darling came back from the Great War with a few scars, a lot of medals, and no idea what to do next. Inheriting his uncle’s chaotic second-hand bookshop is a blessing…until strange visitors start making threats. Kim Secretan steps in to offer help. As Kim and Will try to find answers and outrun trouble, mutual desire grows along with the danger. And then Will discovers the truth about Kim. His identity, his past, his real intentions. Enraged and betrayed, Will never wants to see him again. But Will possesses knowledge that could cost thousands of lives. Enemies are closing in on him from all sides—and Kim is the only man who can help.”

 

What’s your next read? Because I simply can’t decide…

 

Take care,
Alicja

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